2.

Early in the novel, Tom's Aunt Polly says the following:

"I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the good book says. I'm a-laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know."

What is Aunt Polly's speech an example of?

A.
Twain's use of satire

B.
Twain's use of theme

C.
Twain's use of humor

D.
Twain's use of dialect

Question

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Early in the novel, Tom's Aunt Polly says the following: 

"I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the good book says. I'm a-laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know." 

What is Aunt Polly's speech an example of?
	
	
 
A.
	Twain's use of satire
	
 
B.
	Twain's use of theme
	
 
C.
	Twain's use of humor
	
 
D.
	Twain's use of dialect